Roeper's Reviews: What to Watch This Memorial Day Weekend
Pedro Pascal returns as the Mandalorian in a film built from three TV seasons, with dogfights, shootouts and creature violence.
- The Mandalorian and Grogu opened in theaters Friday, May 22, 2026, marking the first Star Wars film release in seven years, with Pedro Pascal reprising his role as the bounty hunter alongside his sidekick Grogu.
- Following 11 television series released over the same seven years, creator and director Jon Favreau directs this feature-length extension of the popular Disney+ series, bridging the franchise's shift from cinema to streaming.
- Sigourney Weaver plays Colonel Ward, who assigns Pascal's bounty hunter a mission that detours to rescue Rotta the Hutt, voiced by Jeremy Allen White, in gladiator battles across the Outer Rim.
- Critics characterize the film as a 'middling' side quest that relies heavily on puppetry, with reviewers noting it feels like an extended television episode rather than a tentpole event.
- The franchise continues to develop other projects including Star Wars: Starfighter, which director Shawn Levy is scheduled to release on May 28, 2027.
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Movie review: The Mandalorian and Grogu brings tiny cuteness to the big screen
Star Wars has always created a push and pull between the big screen and the small. In the early days, cinema reigned triumphant, with movies released in 1977, ’80, ’83 and then ’99, ’02 and ’05, versus nothing on television unless you count the weird 1978 Holiday Special or that time Luke Skywalker was on The Muppet Show.
Roeper's Reviews: What to watch this Memorial Day weekend
With a long weekend ahead, many might be looking for a good movie to watch. Richard Roeper offers his take on some of the newest releases. ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ (in theaters) The first new “Star Wars” movie in seven years is essentially just a movie-length episode of the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian.” It’s a well-crafted, occasionally rousing but ultimately middling adventure that doesn’t truly merit the big-screen treatment.…
Movie Review: 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' makes a clumsy big-screen debut
This image released by Disney shows The Mandalorian, portrayed by Pedro Pascal in a scene from Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.” (Lucasfilm Ltd. – Disney via AP)This image released by Disney shows The Mandalorian, portrayed by Pedro Pascal, left, and Grogu in a scene from Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.” (Nicola Goode/Lucasfilm Ltd. – Disney via AP)This image released by Disney shows The Mandalorian, portraye…
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (United States/2026). Address: Jon Favreau. Screenplay: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Noah Kloor. Photography: David Klein. Edition: Dylan Firshein, Rachel Goodlett Katz. Cast: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver. With the original vocals of Martin Scorsese, Jeremy Allen White. Rating: Suitable for over 13 years. Distributor: Disney. Duration:132 minutes. Our opinion: good.From the premiere, almost fifty years ago, of…
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